Devel Digest, Vol 52, Issue 28

[javed khan]

i am working in Ministry of Education Kabul Afghanistan OLPC team as
software developer and technical support officer.
i want some questions guys.

which linux os is best for developing olpc custom images?
how to sign a custom image for xo's in my country ?
how to put custom image into school server so the xo's can update from ?

Regards
-- 
Javid Alam
Software Developer and Technical support Officer OLPC
Ministry of Education
Kabul Afghanistan
contact: +93(0)798123451
alternative email: javid.alam at moe.gov.af

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>   1. Re: [Testing] F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate
>      2 (James Cameron)
>   2. Re: [Testing] F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate
>      2 (Richard Smith)
>   3. Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2 (Chris Ball)
>   4. Re: [IAEP] ANNOUNCE: F11-0.88 Alpha2 (os258py) (Tomeu Vizoso)
>   5. Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2
>      (Bert Freudenberg)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:47:26 +1000
> From: James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>
> Subject: Re: [Testing] F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate
>        2
> To: Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
> Cc: OLPC Testing Mailing List <testing at lists.laptop.org>,       John
> Maloney
>        <jmaloney at media.mit.edu>,       Derek O'Connell <
> doc at doconnel.f9.co.uk>,
>        Devel <devel at lists.laptop.org>, Fedora OLPC
>        <fedora-olpc-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <20100614014726.GT8400 at us.netrek.org>
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> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 05:32:12PM +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> > Installed on my 1.5 after updating the firmware to q3a39.
> > Typing "boot" in OFW right after "fs-update" froze the machine.
>
> Unpredictable behaviour is known to occur if you try to "boot" after
> fs-update, you should use "bye".
>
> > Powered off (long-press on power button) and booted. Let it sit idle
> > for a while in the first-time Sugar screen (name dialog) -> machine
> > froze.
>
> It should idle suspend.  It should not freeze.
>
> > However, after letting the machine sit idle for a while (even just
> > after booting, still in the Sugar home screen), the whole machine
> > froze. Power LED was still on. Had to power-cycle. Does not happen all
> > the time, but twice already. Maybe it's my machine (one of the first
> > C-test ones)?
>
> Sounds bad.  Do you have a serial port attached?  I ask because I
> suspect a kernel panic and a serial port is a practical way to obtain
> more problem data.
>
> Might also be worth running memtest from OFW as well, just to exclude
> certain other causes.
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:50:33 -0400
> From: Richard Smith <smithbone at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Testing] F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate
>        2
> To: James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>, Bert Freudenberg
>        <bert at freudenbergs.de>,         Fedora OLPC <
> fedora-olpc-list at redhat.com>,
>        Devel <devel at lists.laptop.org>,         "Derek O'Connell"
>        <doc at doconnel.f9.co.uk>,        OLPC Testing Mailing List
>        <testing at lists.laptop.org>,     John Maloney <
> jmaloney at media.mit.edu>
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> >
> > Might also be worth running memtest from OFW as well, just to exclude
> > certain other causes.
>
> memtest will puke errors unless you set the lower address range to
> 30M.  Dunno why.  Guess a bug needs top be filed for sorting it out.
>
> If you run memtest hit 'c' right after it starts to go into config
> then '2' for address range '1' for lower limit.  Enter '30m' press
> return then press '0' to restart the tests.
>
> --
> Richard A. Smith
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:24:12 -0400
> From: Chris Ball <cjb at laptop.org>
> Subject: Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2
> To: Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
> Cc: OLPC Testing Mailing List <testing at lists.laptop.org>,       John
> Maloney
>        <jmaloney at media.mit.edu>,       Derek O'Connell <
> doc at doconnel.f9.co.uk>,
>        Devel <devel at lists.laptop.org>, Fedora OLPC
>        <fedora-olpc-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <m339wqkzrn.fsf at pullcord.laptop.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Hi Bert,
>
>   > Copied ~olpc/Activities/Sratch.activity/vm-sound-ALSA plugin to
>   > /usr/lib/squeak/3.10-5/.
>   >
>   > After that, in Etoys playback sounds a bit worse, but it's still
>   > okay (hard to tell actually). And no freeze after suspend,
>   > playing just resumes. So it would be a good idea to use that ALSA
>   > plugin for Squeak in general, me thinks.
>
> Could we get a squeak/etoys package with a fixed alsa-plugin ASAP, please?
>
>   > Had to power-cycle. Does not happen all the time, but twice
>   > already. Maybe it's my machine (one of the first C-test ones)?
>
> Yes, does sound a bit like hardware.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Chris.
> --
> Chris Ball   <cjb at laptop.org>
> One Laptop Per Child
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:18:54 +0200
> From: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org>
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] ANNOUNCE: F11-0.88 Alpha2 (os258py)
> To: Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org>
> Cc: IAEP <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>, OLPC Devel
>        <devel at lists.laptop.org>,       Fedora OLPC List
>        <fedora-olpc-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID:
>        <AANLkTikxtBXwCOZBk7J33m84DGboHGnfc7ukn_sRAuSs at mail.gmail.com>
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>
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 20:03, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org>
> wrote:
> > This is the Alpha2 milestone of our Sugar 0.88 series for XO.
> > Please refer to this page for the current status and download
> > instructions:
> >
> > ?http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Sugar-0.88_Notes
> >
> > Surprise surprise! We now have parallel builds for both the XO-1 and the
> > XO-1.5!
> >
> > I'll make an effort to keep the releases synchronized so people can test
> > on both platforms, but at this time we have no resources to work on
> > platform specific bugs affecting the XO-1.5.
> >
> >
> > == Changes relative to the previous release (os240py) ==
> >
> > ?* Include Sugar 0.88.1 packages (pbrobinson)
> >
> > ?* Rebase unmerged patches on top of 0.88.1 and shave off a few
> > ? which are no longer needed. The queue is still very long, help
> > ? is needed to upstream as many as possible before release
> >
> > ?* Disabled the hot corners for the frame, as requested by
> > ? participants of the OLPC Realness Summit. I'm not convinced
> > ? this is really a gain, but let's first see how many people
> > ? ask to revert this change (tch, bernie)
> >
> > ?* Disable sshd startup to save time/memory (bernie)
> >
> > ?* add IRC and SIP protocols to Empathy client (bernie)
> >
> > ?* Include the Words activity (bernie)
> >
> > ?* Add a few small content bundles (bernie)
> >
> > ?* Pull latest OS updates from upstream (fedora)
> >
> >
> > == Bugs fixed in this release ==
> >
> > ?* xulrunner 1.9.2, attempting to fix font size problems (bernie)
> > ? http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2018
> >
> > ?* Prevent double-clicks on entries in the journal from opening
> > ? 2-3 instances of the same activity (tch)
> >
> > ?* Rework code to read name widget in the activity toolbar,
> > ? although there are still ways to fool it (bernie)
> > ? http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1948
> >
> > ?* Fix font size in Terminal (jasg)
> >
> > ?* Fix layout of Record UI, although with a temporary kludge (m_anish)
> >
> > ?* Reconnect to last AP on startup (erikos)
> > ? http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1883
> >
> > ?* Fix the nefarious 1-dot boot hang bug (dsd, bernie)
> >
> > ?* Make search box in library homepage narrower so it doesn't overflow
> > ? (bernie)
> >
> > ?* Avoid duplicated mesh icons in neighborhood view (tch)
> >
> > ?* Proper Geode video driver fix for the "black boxes on buttons"
> > ? bug in GNOME. Note, (frank_huang)
> > ? https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15700
> > ? http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10076
> >
> > ? NOTE: for safety, I have not yet removed the MigrationHeuristic
> > ? option in xorg.conf. Please, try testing without it.
> >
> >
> > == Known bugs ==
> >
> > We still have a bunch of serious regressions still open:
> >
> > ?* ALT-TAB does not switch between apps (tch, quozl, bernie)
> >
> > ?* Activities sometimes start and remain in window. Window
> > ? appears at least briefly on all launches. (aa?)
> >
> > ?* Pulsing launch icon is delayed or absent; occasional "activity
> > ? failed to start" message then the activity starts (tch)
> >
> > ?* Measure sometimes locks up on recording, quitting from frame
> > ? then brings up metacity dialog "activity is not responding"
> > ? (I could never reproduce this myself)
> >
> > ?* Font in Write is small and text does not fill the screen width (jasg)
> >
> > ?* Browse: sometimes clicking links in frames creates tabs
> > ? (need someone to look at this. aa?)
> >
> > ?* Turtle Blocks: ctrl-c ctrl-v sometimes do not work (walter)
> >
> > ?* Sugar sometimes restarts; only seen 3 times, twice clicking on
> > ? journal and once deleting a journal entry
> > ? (can't reproduce this, maybe a geode driver bug. Next time please
> > ? check /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old and other logs)
> >
> > All the above bugs seem quite hard. Any help fixing them would be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > == How to help testing ==
> >
> > Feedback from the entire community is very appreciated, although we're
> > not planning any further releases of the Sugar 0.84 series.
> >
> > Bugs affecting upstream components are better filed in their respective
> > trackers:
> >
> > ?* Sugar and activities: http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/
> > ?* Fedora 11: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/
> > ?* Drivers and OLPC OS customizations: http://dev.laptop.org/
> > ?* Paraguay-specific bugs: http://trac.paraguayeduca.org/
> >
> > If you're unsure where a bug belongs to, use the Paragauy Educa tracker.
> > Please, always assign these bugs to "Carlos", who will keep our status
> > summary updated.
> >
> >
> > == Acknowledgments ==
> >
> > I wish to thank Paraguay Educa and Activity Central for providing
> > essential engineering resources to make this effort possible.
>
> Indeed, this is awesome work!
>
> Keep it up,
>
> Tomeu
>
> > I also appreciate the expertise and support of many dedicated community
> > developers and testers.
> >
> > --
> > ? // Bernie Innocenti - http://codewiz.org/
> > ?\X/ ?Sugar Labs ? ? ? - http://sugarlabs.org/
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
> > IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:58:42 +0200
> From: Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
> Subject: Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2
> To: Chris Ball <cjb at laptop.org>
> Cc: OLPC Testing Mailing List <testing at lists.laptop.org>,       John
> Maloney
>        <jmaloney at media.mit.edu>,       Derek O'Connell <
> doc at doconnel.f9.co.uk>,
>        Devel <devel at lists.laptop.org>, Fedora OLPC
>        <fedora-olpc-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <26DF293E-75EC-4EAE-975C-2675CEAA9690 at freudenbergs.de>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>
> On 14.06.2010, at 06:24, Chris Ball wrote:
>
> > Hi Bert,
> >
> >> Copied ~olpc/Activities/Sratch.activity/vm-sound-ALSA plugin to
> >> /usr/lib/squeak/3.10-5/.
> >>
> >> After that, in Etoys playback sounds a bit worse, but it's still
> >> okay (hard to tell actually). And no freeze after suspend,
> >> playing just resumes. So it would be a good idea to use that ALSA
> >> plugin for Squeak in general, me thinks.
> >
> > Could we get a squeak/etoys package with a fixed alsa-plugin ASAP,
> please?
>
> Someone would need to rebuild Fedora's squeak-vm-3.10-5 package with
> Derek's patched sqUnixSoundALSA.c file (attached to the forwarded msg
> below). The etoys package is unaffected.
>
> Unless you can/want to use his binary, that is.
>
> > Yes, does sound a bit like hardware.
>
> Can I get a replacement? Preferably the HS version once it's ready? ;)
>
> - Bert -
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Derek O'Connell <doc at doconnel.f9.co.uk>
> > Date: 9. Juni 2010 21:33:39 MESZ
> > To: Chris Ball <cjb at laptop.org>
> > Cc: John Maloney <jmaloney at media.mit.edu>, Bert Freudenberg <
> bert at freudenbergs.de>, Paul Fox <pgf at laptop.org>
> > Subject: Re: alsa fix4
> >
> > fix5 attached.
> >
> > On 09/06/10 18:48, Chris Ball wrote:
> >> Hi John,
> >>
> >>    >  Hi, Chris.  I can build a new Scratch XO release. But first a few
> >>    >  questions:
> >>    >
> >>    >  a. Shouldn't this fixed ALSA go into the Etoys release, where
> >>    >  it can be shared by both Scratch and Etoys?
> >>
> >> Ah, sounds like it.
> >>
> >>    >  b. If I just put the new ALSA plugin file in the Scratch
> >>    >  activity, are we sure it will get loaded? (i.e. does it override
> >>    >  the version in the Squeak VM folder)?
> >>    >
> >>    >  c. I confess, got busy with other things, so I haven't tested
> >>    >  this. I know Derek has. Anyone else?
> >>
> >> Dunno about these.  We can certainly help test a new build.
> >>
> >>    >  d. Should I remove Bert's shell script code that suppresses power
> >>    >  management?
> >>
> >> Yes, please.
> >>
> >>    >  e. What's your time frame?
> >>
> >> We were hoping to release on Friday, but we can afford to delay until
> >> this fix is ready.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> - Chris.
> >>
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Javid Alam
Software Developer and Technical support Officer OLPC
Ministry of Education
Kabul Afghanistan
contact: +93(0)798123451
alternative email: javid.alam at moe.gov.af
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